حرقف

Q.1 حَرْقَفَ الأَتَانَ He (an ass) took hold upon the حَرَاقِف [pl. of حَرْقَفَة] of the she-ass [with his fore legs]. (Ibn-'Abbád, Sgh, K.) حَرْقَفَةٌ The bone of the حَجَبَة, which is the head [or crest] of the hip or haunch: (S, K:) or the head of the upper part of the hip or haunch: (TA in art. اكم:) or [the dual]

حَرْقَفَتَانِ signifies the place where the head of each thigh unites with, or meets, the hip or haunch, (Zj in his “ Khalk el-Insán,” and TA, *) externally: (TA:) [see an explanation of حَجَبَةٌ, in which a distinction is made between this latter term and حَرْقَفَةٌ: a distinction is also made between them by Zj in his work cited above, as a reference to حجبة will show:] pl. حَرَاقِفُ (S, K) and حَرَاقِيفُ. (TA.) One says, المَرِيضُ إِذَا طَالَتْ ضَجْعَتُهُ دَبِرَتْ حَرَاقِفُهُ [The sick man, when his lying on the side is of long continuance, his حراقف became galled; i. e. the exterior prominent regions of his hip-joints]. (S.) حُرْقُوفٌ An emaciated beast, or horse or the like; (S, K, TA;) i. e., whose حَرَاقِيف are apparent. (TA.)

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